Boeing has recorded a year-on-year nine plane increase in monthly deliveries with 29 delivered in March 2021 compared to 20 in 2020, while also maintaining a positive net order book for the second month running. February saw the first positive net orders for 14 months as confidence slowly returns to the company’s customers. Orders for
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has reported its business transactions update for the first quarter of 2021 for its aircraft leasing division, DAE Capital. DAE acquired 13 aircraft in the first quarter of 2021 (owned: nine; managed: four), sold seven aircraft (owned: four; managed: three) and signed lease agreements and extensions for 48 aircraft (owned: 43;
flypop has signed a multiple aircraft A330-300 lease deal with aircraft lessor Avolon. Navdip Singh Judge, CEO & Principal of flypop, commented: “As a twin-engine, double-aisle, wide-body that can carry over 400 passengers, the A330-300 aircraft will deliver everything we want to offer our flypop passengers, especially the lowest seat prices to India. With this
Chorus Aviation Capital (CAC) has entered into agreements to lease two Dash 8-400 aircraft to Sky Alps of Bolzano, Italy. CAC expects to deliver the aircraft (MSN 4230 and 4237) in April and May 2021, respectively. “Sky Alps is very pleased to have selected CAC as our aircraft supplier for the initial launch of services
With the Boeing 737 MAX only recently cleared to take to the skies again in the U.S. Boeing has now announced that there is a potential electrical problem with a certain number of the jets. “Boeing has recommended to 16 customers that they address a potential electrical issue in a specific group of 737 MAX
Airbus Helicopters has secured an H160 order from Derazona Helicopters in Indonesia, launching this new rotorcraft in the country’s oil and gas sector. The multi-mission H160 will play an important role in the expansion plans of the Indonesian operator for oil and gas, off-shore, utility, and commercial passenger transportation. The aircraft has been designed from
On behalf of a U.S.-based regional aircraft specialist, Skyworld Aviation has sold an Embraer ERJ 145 LR aircraft, serial number 14500842, to a new private operator of the type – XE Jet. The aircraft will ferry to South Africa for base maintenance prior to entering domestic service in Nigeria during late May under its new registration 5N-BZM. XE Jet plans
Tigerair Taiwan has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines. The airline placed the initial engine order in 2019 and has a mixed fleet of 15 purchased and leased aircraft. Tigerair Taiwan, a low-cost carrier established in 2014 and headquartered in Taiwan, is a subsidiary of China Airlines
Predicting the weather even more accurately, analyzing climate changes even more precisely, researching even better how the world is developing. This is the goal of a globally unique cooperation between Lufthansa and several research institutes. Converting an aircraft into a climate research plane poses major challenges. Lufthansa has chosen the most modern and economical long-haul
United Parcel Service (UPS) has confirmed its agreement to purchase ten electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft from Vermont-based Beta Technologies. According to the American package delivery company, the purchases are to assist with speeding up deliveries in small markets. The aircraft in question will have a cruising speed of 170 mph and a
